Itsukaichi: Oxfordian - Tithonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
? Latomeandra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Tokyo
Coordinates: 35.7° North, 139.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.3° North, 149.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Oxfordian - Tithonian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 6
Key time interval: Oxfordian - Tithonian
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 143.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: "Torinosu"-type limestone
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:91401
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-09-18 05:24:48 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-09-18 05:24:48
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
30709. M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]